Graduate careers ireland

1. Born green, think green, live green and die green

Green Careers, what next for graduates?

Dave Kilmartin, Marie Gonnelly

Dublin Institute of Technology

Overview

Green Economy / Green Job

Ireland

Overview of sectors

Direct and Indirect opportunities

Going Forward

G reen jobs are those that improve the environment in some way.

Some will have aDIRECTimpact

Others will have anINDIRECTimpact

Start ups

Private companies

Large cap companies

All levels of government

Non profits

Educational institutions

NGO Non-governmental organizations

green-collar jobis (one) in agricultural, manufacturing, research and development (R&D), administrative, and service activities that contribute(s) substantially to preserving or restoring environmental quality. this includes jobs that help to protect ecosystems and biodiversity; reduce energy, materials, and water consumption through high efficiency strategies; de-carbonize the economy; and minimize or altogether avoid generation of all forms of waste and pollution."

Difficulty with predicting numbers and growth due to definition of green career

Industries

Manufacturing

Finance

Design & Engineering, Energy Efficiency

Governmental

Conservation

Non-profits

Functional Areas

Installation

Operations

Marketing

Engineering

Finance / Accounting

Project Management

Energy Auditing

Agricultural Inspector Architect (Environmental /Sustainable Design) Bicycle / Scooter Developers and Technicians Biologist (Conservation) Building Operations Management Business Manager Car Manufacturing (Green) Chemist (Environmental) Climate Risk Analyst Climatologist/Environmental Meteorologist Community Affairs Manager Complementary Health and Medical Care

Construction (Energy Efficiency - Green Building) CSR Professional Ecologist Economists (Environmental) Educators (Ecological) Emissions Manager Emissions Trader Energy Manager (Renewable) Engineers (Environmental / Pollution Control) Engineers and Developers (Sustainable Energy) Engineer/Biologist (Renewable Fuels/ Bio-Mimicry) Entrepreneur (Green) Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) Technicians

Fashion Designer (Green) Financial analyst/adviser specializing in socially responsible investing Food Scientist Forester Fund-Raising Director Furniture Builder (Eco-friendly) Green Travel and Hospitality Heating, air conditioning and refrigeration mechanic and installer Hydrologist / Environmental scientist Industrial Designer (Sustainable) Interface Designers Interior Designer (Green) Wind Energy Developers and Construction Professionals

IT Specialists (Green Software and Hardware Developers) Landscape Architect (Green) Lawyer (Environmental) Lobbyist Organic Food and Farming Production Specialists Pollution Control Technician Protection Technician Scientist (Environmental) Solar Installation Sustainability Specialists Toxicologist Urban Gardeners Waste Management

Existing strength in environmental good and services sector (waste management , waster treatment, recycling, environmental consultancy)

6,500 people in direct green employment(Forfs /InterTrade Ireland (2008)

US bulk of current US green employment is in conservation and pollution mitigation, prediction for jobs in environmentally friendly production, clean energy and energy efficiency to grow

Ireland has range of sectors developing products, services and processes, and these were identified for export and employment potential

Renewable energy

Efficient Energy Use and Management

Waster Management , Recover and Recycling

Water and Waste Treatment

The environmental goods and services industry consists of activities which produce goods and services to measure, prevent, limit, minimise or correct environmental damage to water, air and soil, as well as problems related to waste, noise and eco systems. This includes cleaner technologies, products and services that reduce environmental risk and minimise pollution and resource use.(OECD/Eurostat agreed definition)

Fossil renewable sources

Greater efficiency, conservation and management

Reduce pollution

Products, systems and services for the generation and collection of energy from renewable sources

Sources include biomass/ bio fuels, solar, photovoltaic, wind, hydro, tidal and geothermal sources

Opportunities in manufacture of equipment and design, construction, installation, management and operation of renewable energy facilities

124 wind farms on-line and operational, in 23 counties on the island of Ireland (SourceIWEA)

IWEA predict that 16,000 new jobs could be created with the explosion of wind industry investment in the process of delivering on Ireland's 40% electricity from renewable target by 2020

Opportunities

electrical and mechanical engineers to oversee the operation of the turbines and the internal electrical systems

Wind Resource Analyst/Wind Farm technician/ Turbine Manufacturing

Computational analysts (IT /Maths/Physicists) to assess the projected generation output systems

Administrative and clerical, PR, community liaison, environmental impact, finance, business

Use technology-driven companies to provide more efficient and innovative mechanical and software based components for wind turbine design and manufacture( ICT graduates )

Companies installing, maintaining small scale turbines and providing consultancy engineering services for the design, installation and management of wind farms

Ireland is one of the most favourable locations in the world for wave energy

Expertise developing in areas of turbine design, wave tank model testing and wave energy modelling

Marine Institute & Sustainable Energy Ireland study in 2005 calculated that 1,900 jobs could be created by 2020 if Ireland continued to invest in marine energy technology

Early stages of development

Energy which is derived from renewable organic material otherwise known as biomass

Industry is developing rapidly and opportunities exist for companies across the sector

Companies process raw biomass material (e.g. municipal/commercial waste, agricultural waste, dedicated energy crops, food crops, wood waste, human/animal waste, wastewater sludge, etc.), and convert into a fuel (e.g. wood pellets, refuse derived fuel, biogas, biodiesel and bioethanol) or energy (heat, power)

Opportunities to develop/ supply technologiesand equipment used for processing biomass into fuel or energy (e.g. biomass boiler,

anaerobic digestion systems, gasification units, etc.)

Domestic scale devices which generate energy from renewable sources e.g.

Roof-mounted wind turbines

Roof mounted solar technologies

Ground Source Heat Pumps

Biofuels

Domestic biomass burners Solar Water, PV, Micro-wind, Heat Pumps, Fuel cells, Electrolysers, Grid Tie, Inverter Systems, Energy Storage ,Energy control systems

Opportunities for graduates with Design and installation experience,planning, project managementand construction, and in particular sales and marketing

Passive Solar

Active Solar Heating

Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Systems

PV, Solar Thermal, Solar Heating, Solar Cooking, Solar Thermal Electricity, Hybrid solar lighting

Opportunities for solar systems/solar panel/test /mechanical design engineers

Mechanical/Manufacturing/Electrical /Mechatronics/ engineering and life sciences graduates

Sales, Finance, Marketing and PR

Energy loss from buildings is one of the largest contributors to overall energy wastage

Eco-constructioninvolves using technologies within the fabric of new and existing buildings to minimise energy loss and maximise energy efficiency

Retrofitting buildings for energy efficiency forecast investment levels to 2020 in retrofitting buildings to comply with Building Energy Rating (BER) standards in Ireland could be worth up to 25 billion (SEI)

Energy Management/Efficiency Servicesrising energy costs and full roll-out of the BER/EPC system are expected to make this sector an area of potential high growth. Indigenous Energy Service Companies

Environmental Legislation creation and development, including treaties, regulations, directives, decisions, recommendations and opinions and plans and policies.

International, European and National Law

Environmental Regulators

Civil Law, Criminal Law, Public Law and litigation

Statutory Bodies

Environmental Assessment

Environmental Management Systems (EMS)

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)

Environmental auditing

Environmental risk management

Environmental monitoring

Environmental reporting

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

Eco-footprint/carbon-footprint

Eco-labelling/carbon labelling

Environmental Decision Making

(Public and Private Sector Industries)

Direct biodegradable waste from landfill, in order to meet the first Landfill Directive target due in July 2010.

Using the Economic and Social Research Institute's (ESRI) Sustainable Development Model for Ireland (ISus) to forecast national environmental emissions and resource use up to 2030, it is estimated that the total volume of municipal waste is likely to increase quite substantially within the coming decade, necessitating future investment in waste management infrastructure

Municipal waste

Packaging waste

Municipal waste infrastructure

Anaerobic Digestion (AD)A number of companies now offer full turnkey solutions for the anaerobic digestion of wastewater sludge

Stumbling block is financial return , but analyses can ignore the environmental benefits

Developments in alternative AD technologies that generate energy from waste via pyrolysis or produce a secondary energy carrier, potential growth area

Combined Heat and PowerCHP systems are used to produce electricity and heat simultaneously from a single fuel source

Opportunities in designing, building and installing combined heat and power (CHP) systems, and also design biomass boilers and district heating systems

Water Services Investment Programme (WSIP) and National Development Plan (NDP) in Ireland, continued funding

Growth experienced by indigenous companies as result of investments made by the public sector in water services

Value estimated at 622m in 2004 by Ernst and Young

Advanced water solutionsadvanced technologies, such as membrane systems and ultraviolet(UV) treatments, increase demand predicted

Leak control, monitoring and supply networksconserve water and prevent groundwater pollution. Opportunities in replacing leaking and failing water supply and wastewater collection networks

Replacing and upgrading existing supply/collection networks is one of the key growth areas within the water industry

Niches for manufacturers of robust piping products ; services and technologies for the monitoring and detection of leakages along networks.

Design-Build-Operate (DBO) of water/wastewater treatment plants

Processing wastewater sludgeadvanced technologies and services

Integrated greywater recycling and rainwater harvesting systemsOpportunities for systems which can process, capture and store greater quantities of water for reuse

Water analysis developing accurate equipment , monitoring contaminants

Prefabricated wastewater treatment systems opportunities inefficient cost-effective system which requires a smaller operating area, produces a higher quality effluent and needs less maintenance (cleaning, emptying)

Odour controlopportunities for providing odour abatement and control solutions

Waste-to-energy - will be an important part of Irelands waste sector.

Waste collection-more efficient collection and transportation

Waste transfer and disposal -Design-Build-Operate (DBO) of landfills growth area

Trading-strong market demand for recovered materials such as plastics, metal and organics

Processing -recycle recovered material into a raw product. opportunities for companies working in the area of recycling different types of plastics

Recycling of organic waste -efficient systems for composting/ancillary services

Waste processing equipmentcompactors, shredders, balers and Crushers, new innovative technologies for processing more specific types of waste.

By 2030, the planet will need to produce 50% more food, with less land, water and energy while also reducing greenhouse emissionsUnited Nations 2008

Changes to the Common Agricultural Policy, WTO agreements and climate change - Challenges for Ireland

Manufacture of food and drink products is Ireland's most important indigenous industry with an output approaching 20 billion

Newproductdevelopers/foodtechnologistsdevelopinggreen productsusingsustainable,seasonal,organicingredients

Farmers/ Food producers as suppliers

Development of alternate food sources, e.g. GM, synthetic

Food product and labeling and PR

Reducedcarbon footprintandoverfarmingusingonlyseasonalproducewith

less'air-miles'

QualityControl/AssuranceOfficersinfoodmanufacturingand processing

Greenrestaurantswithchefsofferinggreendishesandrecipes

Nutritional/Dietaryadvisers

Educators/Trainers/Academics-deliveringinfoandskills trainingon'green'cooking

Foodpromotion/PR/marketing- www.goodfoodireland.ie

Foodjournalism/mediadeliveringongreentopics

Foodanddrinkconsultant/adviser/expert

Postgradresearch

SalesRep/Marketing

Food/Ecotourism

Wastemanagementforfoodsectors

Eventmanagementfoodfestivals,events,farmersmarkets

Foodsafetyofficer-ensuringthequalityoffoodproduceand associatedinfo(labellingetc.).FoodSafetyAuthorityofIreland (FSAI);SafeFood:FoodSafetyAuthorityofIreland;OrganicTrust

Bakery/Pastryusingorganicingredients.

KitchenGardens-encouraginghomegrownproduce

Marketing

Green Products Marketing/Sales Manager/Market Researcher

Research & Development

Green Products enterprise/innovation/development

Senior Management

Sustainability Officers/Consultants

Financial Jobs

Trade Renewable Energy, & Carbon Credit Trading

Venture Capitalists

Analyze financial impacts of sustainability issues on bottom line

Analyze climate change risks for insurance industry

Operations Management

Sustainability Coordinator

Green Processes Engineering

Every job can be green job if you consider sustainability in decision making

Green Design and Marketing

Green Food and Drink

Green Globetrotting

Green Tourism eco tourism officers, eco consultant , nature reserve specialist, sustainable tourism marketing officer, ecotour leader,adventure tourism researcher, environmental tourism consultant

(source ecoclub.com May 2010)

Natural Environment -environmentaland life sciences,natural resource management, air, water, land, forests, fish and wildlife

Power Infrastructure / Smart Grid

Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Consumption Mgmt

ICT hardware, data, networks, software

Built Environment green design /construction /retrofitting residential , industrial, commercial , public . Green transportation (rail/air/road), overhaul of infrastructure

Manufacturing Cycle cradle to grave , reassessing manufacturing processes, recycling materials, no waste

Law/ Policy/Regulation /Certification

Banking, Financial Services and Insurance

Public Relations/Media/IT

Education / Training

Retail / Hospitality

Sales / Marketing / Consultancy Services

Potential to create up to 80,000 jobs

Develop an innovation-based green enterprise sector

Environmental goods and servicesmarket $2.8 billion in 2008

Green procurement; renewable energy and providing energy efficiency; green enterprise zones; green R&D, waste management and water and waste water treatment.

New skills requirements will demand new dedicated specialisms

Need for Computing, Electronics, Environmental, Electrical and Mechanical engineering disciplines

Continue collaboration between industry and academic institutions in relation to course design and content

Graduate placement should be encouraged

R & D potential of HEIs should be recognised to design, develop and commercialise environmental goods and services